Convertible furniture.



J. B. PERRY.

v CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE. APPLICATION man SEPT. 18. 1911.

1,258,141. Patented Mar. 1918.

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CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. I917.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 19.11.

Patented Mar. ,5, 1918 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3 WITNESSES:

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J. B. PERRY.

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1917.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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INVENTOR Jofin 5 Perry A TTORNE Y JOHN B. PERRY, or EDMONDS, WASHINGTON.

CONVERTIBLE rumvrrunn.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patenfed "M31135, 1918,

Application filed September 18,1917. Serial No. 191,936.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. PERRY, citizen of the United States residing at Edmonds, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Convertible Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to convertible fur niture; and its object is to produce a piece of furniture which is adapted to be employed as a comfortable armchair, a couch, a lounge, a full-length bed or a dining table. The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts as will be hereinafter describedand claimed.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention as it appears in the form of a bed. Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the invention shown as an arm chair. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe invention as a dining table. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4:, shown partly in section. Fig. 6 is aside elevation of the invention in the form of a settee. Fig. 7 is a side elevational view with the parts arranged in compact form for storage or transportation. Figs. 8 and 9 are fragmentary perspective views of furniture members to illustrate complementary coupling devices. 7 7

Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, illustrating the invention in the form of a chair, there is a seat frame 10 supported by legs in the nature of corner posts 11 and 12 of which those atone side, as 12, are preferably extended above the frame 10 and serve with the associated rail 13 to afford the left-hand arm A of the chair. The other arm B of the chair is formed of top and bottom rails 14 and 15' connected by upright post elements 16 arranged to be coextensive with the aforsaid legs 12 when the referred to arm is secured to said frame seat as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, by means of dowel pins 17 and a hook 18 on the arm engaging a stud 19 on the subjacent leg.

The inner sides of the respective arms are closed by walls 20 which are desirably upholstered as indicated by 21. The outer sides of said arms are closed by doors 22 to give access to compartments 23 within the respective arms. 2% represents upholstering for the seat frame and below the'latter is a compartment'for the reception of drawers 25. Secured to the sidesof the seat frame are guides 26 to accommodate two-part bars 27-27 pivotally connected by pins, such as v 28, the rearmost bar parts 27 being pivotally connected by pins, such as 29, to the lower end of a back (3 having its front upholstered, as at 30 and a plane rear surface 31.

. Hooks as 32, connected to the chair arms and engageablewithstuds 33 on the back serve to retain the same in upright or inclined positions. Attachments 3 1 and 35 may be used interchangeably for head and foot rests upon the chair back and in front of the legs as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The outer edges 34: and 35 of said attachments are desirably formed of 'arcuate shapes to improve their appearance in a chair andalsoto harmonize with the co6perating parts when utilized in a table top as will be presently explained.

For detach ably connecting said attachments to the back and legs I provide on the former headed pins36 protruding from elements 37 of hinges 38, Fig. 8, which are secured to the attachments, said pins beingengageable in key-hole shaped slots 39, Fig. 9,-provided in plates 40 secured to the chair back, the seat frame 10 and the front legs respectively. V

To convert the device into a table as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, thebars 2727 ;are

withdrawn sufficiently fromthe guides 26 to enable 'thebar parts 27 one on each side, to be turned up as represented in Fig. Lto allow the member C, which in the 'chairconstitutes the back, to be laid upon the arm rails as illustrated and become the central portion of the table top. To the ends of the member C are connected theattachments 34 and 35 and to each side thereof are secured segmental'pieces 4:2 and 43 by means of dowels 44c on the latter engaging in holes 44: (shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 6); the adjacent segmental pieces being coupled by, %owels 4 1 as indicated by dotted lines in 1g. 5. V v

The above named parts comprising the table top when assembled afford a plane upper surface by the provision of rabbets such as G 34 and 35 in the sides of the member C and said attachments to receive the edges 42 and 43 of the respective. segmental pieces. Thus connected the interfitting parts of the table top contribute to afiord a rigid structure of a substantially circular form, the same being held down upon the supporting arms by the bar parts 27 at the rear and hooks at the front which engage studs e5 provided on the respective arms.

To employ the device as a settee, see Fig.

6, the bar parts 2727 are adjustably moved into the positions as indicated in the view, the member C is then swung to be in alinement with the seat, the attachments 3% and 35 respectively connected to the member C and seat frame, as shown, the armB transferred from the side of the seatto the opposite side of the member C to which it is connected by the dowels 17 engaging in holes such as to (Fig. 3) provided in said member. In the embodiment shown a supplementary or filling element 47 is introduced to fill the space between the parts A and B to furnish a continuous back to the settee. As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 6, one end of the member C is supported by its hinged connection with the bars which in turn, are supported from the seat frame 10 through the instrumentality of the guides 26, while the outer end of said member is supported upon segmental pieces arranged transversely, as best shown in Fig. 1, and connected thereto by the aforesaid dowels 44 engaging in suitably located holes (not shown) provided in the member C. In this adaptation of the device, the segmental pieces 43 may advantageously be employed to serve as braces for the segmental pieces 42 which are being used as legs, and under such conditions the dowels 4:4 of pieces 43 engage in holes 44 therefor provided in member G and a dowel 4& provided in each of the pieces 42 engages in a hole 44 provided in the adjacent end of a piece t3. To convert the device into a full length bed all of the parts remain as above explained except that the attachments 3% and '35 are turned down to occupy the positions in which they are represented in Fig. 1. In Fig. 7 is shown how the device may be packed into a small and substantially cubical shape for storage or transportation.

The construction and manner of regulating the device to serve in the various appliday of September, 1917.

cations will, it is thought, be un'de'rstood from the foregoing description,

The advantages of the invention reside principally in its-simplicity, and wide range of usefulness.

What Iclaim, is v 1. In an article of furniture, the combination with the chair seat anda support therefor, of a member operatively connected therewith and adapted to be used in inverted horizontal positions to respectively serve as a. table-top element. or a bed element an means associated with said member and adapted to be interchangeably used as tabletop elements or as leg supports for said member when the latter is utilizedas a bed element. 7

2 In an article of furniture, a' seat frame, posts supporting the same, the posts on one side of said frame extending above the latter, a rail secured to the upper ends of said such post extensions and constituting therewith an arm of a chair, another arm detachably connected to said frame, a back-mem ber, means connecting said back-member to said frame whereby it may be selectively employed either as a chair back, a table-top, or a seat element of a settee. p

3. In an article of furniture, a seat frame, a support therefor, arms for said seat frame, a back member, means to connect said member to the seat frame whereby it may be utilized as a chair back at the rear of said frame or as a tabletop upon the chair arms, means for securing said member in adjusted positions when utilized as a chair back, and means to secure the member upon said arms when used as a table-top.

In an article of furniture, the combination with a chair frame comprising seat, leg and arm elements, of a back-member secured to said frame and means including jointed-bars for connecting said back-member to the chair frame whereby the back member is adapted to be used as a table-top or a bed element selectively. I

Signedat Seattle, lVashington, this 8th JOHN B. PERRY.

Witnesses: 1

Pmnnn BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copiu at this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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